類語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
類	語
るい Grade: 4	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
類語 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) るいご [rùígó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝiɡo̞]

Noun

類(るい)語(ご) • (ruigo) 

1. (linguistics) synonym, parasynonym (word that has a similar meaning to another, but is not interchangeable)

Synonyms

• 類義語(るいぎご) (ruigigo)

Derived terms

• 類語辞典(るいごじてん) (ruigojiten): thesaurus

See also

• 反義語(はんぎご) (hangigo)
• 反意語(はんいご) (han'igo)
• 反対語(はんたいご) (hantaigo)
• 対語(ついご) (tsuigo)
• 同義語(どうぎご) (dōgigo)
• 同意語(どういご) (dōigo)